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Diagnostic overshadowing: a potential barrier to physical health care for mental health service users

01 December 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Diagnostic overshadowing occurs when symptoms of physical illness are attributed to the service user’s mental illness. This increases the risks of treatment delay...

Experiences of healthcare professionals in cancer assessment and treatment for people with learning disabilities: a literature review

25 January 2021

Cancer Nursing Practice

Learning disabilities

Cancer is a leading underlying cause of death among people with learning disabilities, who are less likely to receive screening tests for the disease than those...

Making reasonable adjustments to cancer services for people with learning disabilities

10 January 2022

Cancer Nursing Practice

Healthcare inequalities

People with learning disabilities do not access or engage with proactive cancer screening in line with those without learning disabilities. As a result, they often...

Signs and symptoms of sepsis: raising awareness in the learning disability community

11 February 2021

Learning Disability Practice

deteriorating patient

In sepsis, prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment are vital to avoid deterioration, organ failure and death. Sepsis is challenging to recognise because there is no...

Person-centred care for people with learning disabilities: the application of Kitwood’s theory

26 May 2020

Learning Disability Practice

communication

Tom Kitwood’s conceptual approach has been widely used to provide person-centred care for people living with dementia, but has not previously been explored in...

Helicobacter pylori: nurses’ perceptions of diagnosis and treatment in adults

13 February 2020

Learning Disability Practice

Infection prevention and control

Background Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that lives in the stomach’s gastric mucosa layer. H. pylori is a carcinogen that increases the risk of stomach and...

Conducting mental health assessments of people with learning disabilities

22 June 2023

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

Mental health issues are not only more prevalent in people with learning disabilities compared with the general population, but they are also more challenging to...

Supporting people with learning disabilities to attend general practice appointments

16 November 2023

Learning Disability Practice

CPD

People with learning disabilities have poorer health outcomes and are at increased risk of premature death compared with the general population. It is crucial that...

How to get care right for people with learning disabilities in the emergency department: ask and engage

11 February 2021

Emergency Nurse

Learning disabilities

Healthcare professionals are legally obliged to make reasonable adjustments to ensure that people, including those with learning disabilities, can access appropriate...

How to support the accurate diagnosis of constipation in people with learning disabilities

21 December 2023

Learning Disability Practice

evidence and practice

Constipation is a common health condition that, if not recognised and treated, can have major adverse effects on people’s health and well-being. People with learning...